Mint error worth putting on eBay?

[Rich Menchio]

Hello my name is Rich and I’m new here and was wondering if this has 1980 Penny has any value I found it in my grandfathers coin collection he left me.
thank you for your time and patience.

[MintErrors]

FYI - The CONECA forum rules frown on talking value of coins, or raw coin grading.

My first impression seeing just the reverse of the coin is, this is post mint damage. It was done after it left the mint. It could have been a garage experiment where they used a lathe to trim the coin fown. Then the may have submerged it in an acid type bath to give it that melted look.

What does the other side of the coin look like ?

[Rich Menchio]

Is there anyway of knowing for sure? Here is the front side.

[MintErrors]

Its knowing the minting process. The reverse of this coin was struck normally. Then, something was done to remove the reverse. The rim is gone and whats left of the memorial building is rounded. Thats abnormal. I personally dont know of any tyoe of error this even comes close to. I have never seen a true error that looks like this coin and i have been doing this for well over 4-plus decades.

You can search https://error-ref.com and look at the completed entries area and tryto find a match.

This is my opinion. Maybe others will add their opinion as well.

[Rich Menchio]

Hello Gary
I don’t see any way that kind of pressure can be put on one side without effecting the other side unless it was in its die. I don’t see why someone would go to the extreme trouble to do something like this it’s not like it’s going to be worth very much. I will keep researching to see if I can figure out how it could of been done outside of the die if it’s even possible

Thank you
Rich

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, Its no pressure on the coin what so ever. There are people who try to do magicians coins or two headed or double tailed coins. They have too much time on their hands. Then they throw them in circulation to have people scratch their heads trying to figure out how this happened,

Sometimes the machinery is not properly aligned and it ruins an attempt. They throw those mistakes back in circulation as well.

Have a look how far people will go to mess with coins.....

https://mitxela.com/projects/another_two-headed_coin

http://www.jamesriser.com/Magic/GeniiExperiment/Folding/Coin.html

There are tons of garage experiments out there.

[Rich Menchio]

What you say is true unfortunately some people are just wired wrong and hopefully karma teaches them a lesson. You wouldn’t happen to know anyone that works in the government that makes coins? It would be crazy if there is even the slightest chance this is legit because I have not seen anything like it.
also can I put my coin that looks copper but sounds like Zinc or Tin here for you to see and hopefully hear if I’m able to do a recording of dropping it?

thank you again
Rich

[onecent1909]

Rich Menchio .... What is the weight of the coin in question? I have an idea, but I need to know the weight first.

[MintErrors]

What you say is true unfortunately some people are just wired wrong and hopefully karma teaches them a lesson. You wouldn’t happen to know anyone that works in the government that makes coins? It would be crazy if there is even the slightest chance this is legit because I have not seen anything like it.
also can I put my coin that looks copper but sounds like Zinc or Tin here for you to see and hopefully hear if I’m able to do a recording of dropping it?

thank you again
Rich

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I do know a handful of people in the government but, I only like to bother them for the more crucial or vital finds where its wrong planchet, very old discovery coins like overmint marks, repunched dates or request for info on extremely rare coins from the early stages of minting.

I understand about the drop test. The problem with that is, any coin which has been possibly altered can take away some of the material and it will not be in the same condition or shape of a normal coin. This would probably affect the sound pitch since its shape and weight is different.

Let's see what John Miller has to offer. See if you can offer him the weight in grams, hopefully down to one-hundredth of a gram (x.xx) .

[Rich Menchio]

It weighs 2.2g

[Rich Menchio]

Ok thanks again

[Rich Menchio]

Sorry it weighs 2.4-2.5g

[MintErrors]

Whoa wait a minute, thecoin immediately above is not the same coin. If your talking about a different coin, then its best to start a new post. As it can get quite confusing .Plus its in the CONECA forum rules.
onecent1909 wanted to know the weight of the original coin in this post.

[Rich Menchio]

Actually I’m confused on which coin he wanted the weight from since I had mentioned I had a different coin I wanted to know where I should post it because it looks copper but doesn’t sound it when dropped so I thought he was referring to that coin.
innocent mistake.
the weight of the original coin is 3.1g.

[MintErrors]

This is a prime example of why the CONECA staff wants one coin per post. It cuts down on confusion and allows people to search the website more accurately.

Hummm i seen John on the other day, maybe he missed the mentioning of his name above.

In any event, i do have most notifications turned off from this website. I hope you find a satisfactory answer to your question about the original coin posted here.